

You can find him in Hotel Ionia in Circhester. You can only get this item from the Game Freak Game Director after completing the Pokédex.

The last important thing to boost your Shiny chance is the Shiny Charm. Game Freak, The Pokémon Company/Nintendo via Polygon You can check how many Pokémon you’ve battled using your Pokédex. Continuing to battle up to 500 Pokémon further increases your chance of finding a Shiny. After battling over 100 of one species of Pokémon, your chances to find a Shiny increase by 2.5% when paired with Catch Combos. The more Pokémon of the specific species you have battled, the higher your chance of finding a Shiny will be. Catch Combos stop adding to your Shiny chance after you catch 25, but doing this dramatically increases your Shiny chance from 1/4096 to 1/2048, according to .īattle Count also is important. Run from other Pokémon you may run into, and focus on catching Caterpie. If you are hunting for a Shiny Caterpie, you should go to where Caterpie spawn and catch as many in a row as you can.

To increase your odds of running into Shiny Pokémon, there are two things you have to remember: how many of that specific Pokémon you have battled and how many you currently have in a Catch Combo.Ĭatch Combos are how many of the same Pokémon you’ve caught in a row. Note that any of the Pokémon you get as gifts, including starters, Charmander, and Toxel, cannot be obtained Shiny, so don’t waste your time resetting the game. Obstagoon (pictured below) goes from black and white to bright pink and blue. While some Pokémon, like Chinchou, have more subtle color changes, only turning a slightly lighter blue, some Pokémon have very stark differences. Shiny Pokémon are the same as every other Pokémon, stat-wise, but sport a different color scheme. Looking for super unique Pokémon for your journey through Sword and Shield? It’s time to start Shiny hunting.
